Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36
I: Andante sostenuto-Moderato con anima-Moderato assai, quasi Andante-Allegro vivo ~ II: Andantino in modo di canzona ~ III: Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato-Allegro ~ IV: Finale: Allegro con fuoco
Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler
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EMI Encore ENC 109 (HMV ALP 1025). 1961 First Edition LP/matrices: 2XVH22/23 -7N. Recorded: 4,8-10 January 1951 - Musikvereinsaal, Vienna.
Very Hi-Fi for a 1951 EMI recording (Spectrum reaches 21kHz). Original surface + No re-eq or auto de-click.. Sleeve-note/labels >>>
Thank you so much! I do like "original" lp rather than compilations of today.
ReplyDeletePaul.
No doubt several mega-dodo boxed CD sets of Furty's every recording. Do people actually play more than a handful - or are they semi-erotic possessions...(or cheap wall-insulation)..!
DeleteHappened to find this the previous day in Oxfam (£1.99) and was somewhat amazed it was effectively 'silent-surfaced' - hence the upload.
Bet it sounds vastly superior to the 1952 LP transfer - and quite an entertaining performance (I've very few Furtwangler LP's).
A slightly obscure/short-lived EMI label: the Hammond/deVito mentioned on the sleeve are early MFP's (have:- but sadly not Kurtz's Petrushka - apparently quite splendid as sound..)
Many thanks for posting this performance. I had never heard this conductor's take on the 4th symphony before, and I didn't even know that he had recorded it! The sound is very good for 1951. It is also good to hear the music played as serious music, rather than bombast. I doubt that this will ever be my favourite performance, but it is certainly a good antidote for some of the horrors that have been recorded over the years.
ReplyDeleteOnly afterwards checked:- https://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Discography
Delete..and it doesn't appear to have been widely re-issued (unless they're missing some mega-boxes..).
78 (12") HMV DB 21376/81
33 (12") EMI ENC 109 [1961]
HMV ALP 1025 [1952]
Melodiya Д 028793/4 [1970]
RCA LHMV 1005 [1952]
Unicorn WFS 7 [1973]
CD Documents 600211 [2015]
Documents 221313 [2003]
EMI 7648552 [1993]
Historical Performers HP 8 [1995]
Membran Music CDM 7101 [2010]
Tahra FURT 1099/1100
Urania URN 22169
Did wonder if Mengelberg conducted in a similarly exaggerated (some very-whipped-up speeds) for his 1929 recording?
The 3rd movement is particularly nice...and well-caught by quite a close balance (presumably there was rather more than a Single microphone --which Furtwangler apparently had insisted-upon (?) for the rather dire-sounding Decca 1948 LPO/Brahms Sym.2 (on Historical blog -insanely popular!!)
Some years back was experimenting with a new (1939) 78 album of Furtwangler's BPO "Pathetique" but couldn't achieve decent results, -despite claims about its sound-quality..
Muchas gracias por esta excelente grabación.
ReplyDeleteEs una grabación mejor que excelente!
Deletethank you ，i love it
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DeleteProbably the last LP I'll buy from the local Oxfam - scrapyard-scrapings nowadays.
Had previously intended the 4th (original LP's) of Sanderling or Beecham - the latter sounds really good.